Solarus

Solarus AB was founded in Norrtäljie, Sweden, in the year of 2006 by Niclas Stenlund and Stefan Larsson as a private limited company. The company's mission was the development, production and marketing of concentrated solar technology to the world market.

At the time of Solarus’ founding, Stefan Larsson possessed a substantial background in solar concentrating technology, dating back to working for Vattenfalls R&D laboratory in Älvkarleby eleven years ago. Co-founder Niclas had years of working experience for the Royal Marine and Ericsson. Niclas was working for Companion, a government backed consultancy firm, in year 2006 and he was in charge of seeking for projects that could provide employment opportunities for local people with mild disabilities. Niclas was intrigued by the idea of affordable solar energy when he first learnt the MaReCo(maximum reflector technology) technology from Stefan. Later on, he decided to commercialize this technology and manufacture the final products in Norrtällje to provide more jobs for the local community.

After working on the project for some time, Niclas Stenlund realized that what they had in hand was more than a local project. The potential market for the panels was large. Compelled both by the market and the climate threat, Niclas and Stefan founded Solarus in order to take the well thought through Swedish innovation to the global market.